Telephone-receiver support.



W. J. MOGRIDGE.

TELEPHONE EEcEIvEE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patented Dec.14,'1909.

WZJ/Z/ gZZ WILLIAM J. MOGBIDGE, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

Application filed September 28, 1908. Serial No. 454,985.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. Moenmon, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Telephone-Receiver Support,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in telephone receiversupports and is designed to provide a support attachable to thetransmitter casing for carrying a telephone receiver into operativerelation to the ear of a person, when the mouth of the person is inoperative relation to the mouth piece of the telephone transmitter.

By means of the present invention the receiver may be readily attachedto the holder after being taken 01f the hook and may be adjusted intooperative relation to either ear of the user without changing therelation of the telephone receiver to the holder since the constructionis such that the receiver may be swung to either side of the transmitterand the hearing end of the receiver will then be in proper relation tothe ear of the user without further change.

In accordance with the present invention provision is made for swingingthe device out of the way when not in use so as to not interfere withthe use of the telephone in the usual manner, and furthermore provisionis made for adapting the device to telephone instruments of differentsizes.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detail description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the telephone receiver holder showinga sufficient portion of a transmitter and receiver in dotted lines toillustrate the use of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device.Fig. 3 is a detail section showing one of the extension pieces. Figs. 4and 5 are views in elevation and plan respectively of a modified form ofthe device.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a ring 1 made up of two memberswith matching ears 2 at diametrically opposite points, by means of whichthe two members of the ring are secured together by screws 3 in clampingrelation about the head of a telephone transmitter. Fast upon one of themembers of the ring 1 is a bracket 4 having a downwardly extending angleportion 5 from which projects a lateral lip 6.

Pivotally connected at one end to the member 5 of the bracket 1 is anarm 7 the other end of which is bent at an angle as indicated at 8; andhinged to the outer end of the angle extension 8 is a supplemental arm9, which may be given a quarter turn, as indicated by twisting. The freeend of the arm 9 carries a screw or button 10. There is also providedanother ring 11 adapted to embrace the hand hold of a telephone receiverclose to the hearing end thereof. The ring is provided with end ears inmeeting relation and these end ears may be brought one toward the otherby means of a screw 12 extending through a short car 13 on one end ofthe ring and into a longer car 14 on the other end of the ring. By thismeans the ring 11 may be clamped securely about the receiver hand hold.The longer ear 14L is provided with a slot 15 shaped to readily receivethe screw or button 10 so that the ring 11 may be quickly secured to thesupplemental arm 9.

Since instruments of different makes vary in circumference at the partsembraced by the rings 1 and 11 it is customary to provide extensionpieces for these rings such formstance as illustrated in Fig. 3 indetail. The continuity of the ring 11 or the ring 1 as the case may be,but in the drawings shown only as the ring 11, is broken and one end isformed with a hook extension 16 and the other end with an eye 17 Thereis provided a filling in piece 18 formed with a hook extension 19 at oneend and an eye 20 at the other end. The hook 16 is adapted to the eye 20and the hook 19 is adapted to the eye 17 so that the filling in piece 18may be readily introduced between the hook and eye ends of the ring andthe latter may be correspondingly enlarged by this extension piece.l/Vhen the extension piece is not necessary then the hook 16 at one endof the broken portion of the ring 11 will fit into the eye 17 at thematching end of the broken portion of said ring.

To apply the device to a telephone set the ring 1 is clamped upon thetransmitter head and the ring 11 is clamped upon the hand hold of thereceiver, the extension pieces being used or not as necessary. The arm 7rests in a substantially horizontal position being prevented from movingto a lower position by its engagement with the lip 6. The hinge betweenthe extension 8 and the supplemental arm 9 is so formed that the saidsupplemental arm 9 may be moved into alinement with the angle extension8 when turned away from the arm 7, but no farther. This supplemental armmay however be moved toward the arm 7 until folded against the same.

Then it is desired to use the attachment the telephone receiver islifted ofi the hook and the ear 1a is applied to the outer end of thearm 9 and locked thereto by the button 10, it being desirable that thisattachment should become tight when the arm 9 and the car 14 are inalinement. Under these circumstances the receiver is in a position inoperative relation to the ear of the user when the mouth of the user isclose to the mouth piece of the transmitter, thus leaving both hands ofthe user free for any purpose, since it is unnecessary to grasp thereceiver in the hand because it is supported by the attachment. Amovement of the ring 14 on the axis formed by the hinge connection willbring the receiver into proper relation to the ear of the user and ifthe hinge between the extension 8 and the supplemental arm 9 be made towork somewhat stiffly then the adjustment of the receiver to the ear ofthe user is facilitated. When the user is through with the telephone thereceiver holding ring 11 may be quickly detached from the supplementalarm 9 and the receiver may be hung upon the hook in the usual manner, orthe receiver may remain fixed to the'attachment and a suitable cut-outmay be employed.

In order that the supplemental arm 9 may be out of the way when thedevice is not being used to support the receiver, this supplemental armmay be turned on its hinge until its free end is against the arm 7.Since the arm 7 is above the mouth piece of the transmitter thesupplemental arm will not be in the way when folded back against the arm7.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a somewhat simplified structure in which thearm 7 is replaced by an arm 7 made in one piece with the ring 1 andprojecting radially therefrom. This arm is provided with an angleextension 8 to which is hinged a supplemental arm 9 like the arm 9 shownin Fig. 1.

In the structure shown in Fig. 1 the holder for the receiver may beswung to one side or the other of the ring 1 to bring the receiver intooperative 'relation to either ear of the user, and since the arm 7swings about a horizontal axis, the receiver may be brought intooperative relation to either ear of the user without changing itsrelation in any manner to the supporting arm 7 or ring 11. It isadvantageous to provide a means for bringing the receiver intocoincidence with either ear of the user since some persons hear betterwith one car than with the other. Because of the manner of supportingthe arm 7 the change from one ear to the other may be made with thegreatest facility and without removing the receiver from the ring 11. Inthe structure shown in Figs. 1 and 5 this change from one ear to theother cannot be accomplished except by turning the ring 1 around thehead of the transmitter, but otherwise the structure operates the sameas that shown in Fig. 1.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a clamp adapted to embrace thehead of a telephone transmitter, a clamp adapted to embrace thehand-hold of a telephone receiver, and a supporting arm for the receiverclamp carried by the clamp for embracing the transmitter head andmovable about an axis extending in the same direction as thelongitudinal axis of the transmitter to maintain the active end of thereceiver at all times toward the transmitter.

2. In a device of the class described, a clamp adapted to embrace thehead of a telephone transmitter, a clamp adapted to receive thehand-hold of a telephone receiver, and a supporting arm for the receiverclamp carried by the clamp for embracing the transmitter head and hingedto the last named clamp to turn about an axis parallel with the centrallongitudinal axis of the transmitter head.

3. In a device of the class described, a clamp ring adapted to receivethe head of a telephone transmitter, a bracket fast on said clamp ringand provided with an extended lip, an arm pivoted to the bracket andmovable about the same on an axis parallel with the longitudinal axis ofthe transmitter, the movement of said arm being limited by engagementwith the lip, and said arm having an angle extension, a supplemental armhinged to the angle extension of the first named arm, and a clamp ringadapted to receive the hand-hold of a telephone receiver and havingmeans for detachably securing said last named clamp ring to the I sionpieces introducable into the clamps for hinged extension of the arm.increasing their circumferential lengths.

4. In a device of the class described, a In testimony that I claim theforegoing clamp adapted to receive the head of a teleas my own, I havehereto afiixed my signa- 5 phone transmitter, a i clamp adapted toreture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ceive the hand-hold o a tele hone receiver, a connection between theclaiiip for the re- WILLIAM MOGRIDGE ceiver and the clamp for thetransmitter and Witnesses: movable about an axis parallel to the longi-C. (boss,

10 tndinal axis of the transmitter, and eXten- R. M. SKIDMORE.

